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In reply to the discussion: Can We Please Get Over the End of the Mayan Calendar? [View all]a la izquierda
(11,791 posts)54. You need a little education.
As Nadin suggests below, most indigenous peoples in the Americans used wheels for something. But why on earth would they need wheels when: a) they had no beasts of burden; b) lived in places not conducive to wheel use without said beasts of burden.
Yet they were expert astronomers, used advanced medicine, and built gigantic stone monuments without the wheel.
What a culturally insensitive and shitty thing to say. And by the way, the Mayans DON'T predict the end of the world. That's a Western misunderstanding and misrepresentation of their religious beliefs.
This is why I teach this stuff for a living.
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Bookmarking this thread for the inevitible eruption of the Yellowstone Caldera
RomneyLies
Dec 2012
#14
Actually, there's an even better reason to say the end of the calendar isn't doomsday
jeff47
Dec 2012
#24
There are some excellent End of the World parties going on. Check your local bar listings.
Lint Head
Dec 2012
#31
Oooh, the calendar ends. Is that where the Mayans ran out of room on the rock? n/t
backscatter712
Dec 2012
#38
Here I am sitting in my official Mayan "ENDTIME!" outfit watching tv and you spoil it all!
Safetykitten
Dec 2012
#43
After reading through all the posts, I'm getting the distinct impression...
Buns_of_Fire
Dec 2012
#49
those folks used to cut people's hearts out and throw them into pits, didn't they?
bedazzled
Dec 2012
#50
These people (Christians) used to torture people mercilessly for not believing what they believe
Berlum
Dec 2012
#55
"End of the Mayan calendar" is entirely the invention of New Age book hustlers
William Seger
Dec 2012
#52